du Toit is a comet in the Parabolic comet orbit class. Its closest approach to the Sun is 0.01 AU.
Orbital elements
- Eccentricity
- 1
- Inclination
- 141.87°
- Perihelion
- 0.008 AU
- Longitude of ascending node
- 351.2°
- Argument of periapsis
- 72.06°
- Epoch · J2000
- JD 2431817.46520 (perihelion)
- Orbit class · PAR
- Parabolic comet
Orbit quality
- Observations used
- 4
- Data arc
- 4 days
- First observed
- 11 December 1945
- Last observed
- 15 December 1945
Discovery & classification
Also known as 1945 X1
Named
Sources
- orbital elements: JPL SBDB